In September 2023 Mike Maguire successfully defended a condominium association in the Circuit Court of Saint Louis County, when Plaintiff, condominium owner, sued maintenance supervisor, the association and management company for assault and battery and punitive...
In August of 2023, Russ Watters, Lucas Ude, John Cooney, and Mike Maguire obtained summary judgment in favor of their insurer client in coverage litigation involving a class action arbitration award and judgment in excess of $54,000,000.00. Within the Order, the...
Tim Wolf, Joe Krispin, and Christine Lesicko recently obtained an affirmance in the Missouri appellate court upholding the dismissal of a lawsuit with prejudice against their client, University City and its council. In the underlying civil case, two citizens sued...
Brandon Copeland and Robert Devereux recently obtained a full defense jury verdict in Madison County, Illinois. Their client, a homeowner in Alton, Illinois, was accused of placing heavy materials in her yard waste bag for pick up—items that were so heavy, when a city...
In a $4,000,000 First Party Builder Risk lawsuit filed by a general contractor insured, Bob Brady, with assistance from Alexa Lester, brought in a large victory for the WWBH client insurance carrier, convincing a jury to return a verdict of only $331,000. Going into...
Jeff Lester and Jim Harkins recently succeeded in defending against an appeal of a trial court’s grant of summary judgment regarding disability discrimination before the Eastern District Court of Appeals for Missouri. (Michael Feldman v. Patrish LLC, et al.) In that...
After Tim Wolf and Lucas Ude obtained summary judgment for an insurance client sued for alleged class wide subrogation violations, Plaintiffs appealed the decision to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. The appeal was submitted following oral argument on September...
After nearly a week-long arbitration proceeding, Lucas Ude obtained a successful award for his contractor client in a construction defect case involving more than $1,200,000 in damages being sought from Lucas’ contractor client. The claimed damages arose from alleged...
Founder Tim Wolf was recently recognized in an article by LAW360 as part of the litigation team who won a motion to compel arbitration of a $115 million coverage dispute on behalf of his foreign insurance clients. The plaintiff, a St. Louis coal producer, claimed...
Bradley Hansmann and Daniel Hunkins successfully defended an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Florida. After briefing by both parties, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court’s rulings in favor of their client, a...